seventeen-year locust

English Thesaurus

1. North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cicada, cicala,
definition	:	stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus magicicada, magicicada,
definition	:	seventeen-year locust (noun.animal)